Pain measurement in arthritis
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Day and night pain measurement in rheumatoid arthritis.
OBJECTIVE An attempt was made to see if rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients can use visual analogue scales (VAS) to distinguish and grade the severity of pain at night, during rest, and on joint movement and to determine if discriminate measurement of these three pain components enhances the value of VAS estimation. METHODS Two hundred and fifty two consecutive RA patients were evaluated by a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis Care & Research
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1790060404